City of Montgomery workers pickup recycling goods in the Arrowhead subdivision in 2009. A new cutting-edge recycling facility will start taking city trash May 12.

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After more than 4 1/2 years, Montgomery will have curbside recycling again, and this time you don't even need the orange bags.

Leaders cut the ribbon Monday on a $35 million, cutting-edge recycling facility that uses an optical system to sort through city trash and detect plastic, paper and other materials of value. That means you can just keep throwing everything in the same green garbage cans, and the system will do the recycling for you.

The facility will start taking city trash May 12 and expects to recycle about 60 percent of all waste that comes through the doors, with the rest going to the ...